Improved boot-blacking and polishing machine



S. W. HUNTINGTON.

Boot Blackng Machine.

' Patented Nov. 5, 1867.

No.v 70,571.

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SAMUEL W, HUNTINGTON, OF AUGUSlAfMA-INE.'

.Letters Patent IVO. 70,571, dated November 5, 1867.

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. HUNTINGTON, of Augusta, in the county ofKennebec, and State of Maine, have invented a. new and useful Machinefor Dressing, Cleaning,vl3lacking, and Polishing Boots or Shoes; and dohereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionofthe same, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingpart of this specilication, and in which-I Figure I is a'. frontelevation, v

Figure 2 a vertical and transverseA section of my invention.

The object of my present invention'is to construct a compact andportable machine for dressing and finishl ing boots or shoes duringprocess of manufacture, as well as for cleaning, blocking, and polishingboots or shoes as now practised by hand. v

The invention consists in two revolving brushes applied to and carriedby a shaft, properly supported v upon a table, and operated by a treadleor other means for putting them in rapid rotation, one of the revolvingbrushes being provided with an adjustable trough for containing thedressing or hlaclting materiahsubstant'ially as hereinafter described. v

In the drawings above mentioned, thc table or stand of the machine isshown as composed of a frame, A, and table B, properly constructed forsupporting the operative parts ofthe machine. The two cylindricalbrushes-k are shown at C D, as fixed toa horizpntad shaft, va, supportedat itsends in standards 5, rising from the `table B, a pulley, c, beingfixed to theshaft a, at or near one end thereof, around which is a.driving-pulley, d, supported in a bearing, e, fixed to a cross-bar, f,of the frame A, and an endless belt, g, travelling, audputting thebrushes in revolution. crunk, z, and treadlc z' are combined with thepulley d for actuating such pulley. A crescent or segmental-shapedtrough, or hox7', is disposed below the brush C, and in such manner thatthe periphery of the brush shall dippslghtly into or touch the contentsof such trough, for the purpose of supplying'the brush with dressing orblacking material, as the case may be, the lvertical adjustment ofthe'troughj being regulated, as .its "contentsdiminish in quantity, by ascrew, k, which is screwed through'the table A, ind against the underside of a lip, Z, xed to the outer end of the trough, as represented.vThe' inner end of the trough is hinged to the back-board" ofthe table Ain suchmanner as to allow of its ready removal or detachment therefrom,as its contents maybccome exhausted. As the contents of the trough aretaken up and applied by the brush C, the screw cis to be elevated andthetrough raised, to compensate for this lowering of the material. When thecontents of the box are exhausted, it is to be removed, and a full 'onesubstituted. For convenience in this respect, I construct a box, asshown in iig. 3 ofthe drawings', as of the shape in vertical scction ofthe segment of a circle, and with a cover, m., for safety intransportation. A small hook,'1t, is affixed to one end of the box, forattachment to the back-board ofthe table. As a means of convenience, Icombine with the brushes C and D, a grindstone, D, aiiixed to the shafta, as shown in the drawings.

In operating with the vabove-described machine, the box containing thedressing or blacking material, as the case may be, is aiiixed inposition, as shown in the drawings. If the object is to iinish or dressa new boot, such boot is held in contact with the brush C, while inrevolution, whlch applies to the hoot'the gum-tragacanth, orothersubstance used as a dressing, and the second brush may be used toYtake off any excess of this ndifeyssiig'; material, if it should benecessary. If the object is to 'black and polish an old hoot, o1' onebeing worn, the periphery' of the brush C is to be dampened by anyproper means which will dilute the blacking adhering to the brush. Theboot is then to be held in contact with the revolving brush, andmanipulated until-all parts of it are supplied with blacking, when it isto be subjected to the action of the lsecond or polishing-brush,-whichinstantly imparts a high polish to 1t, the current of air induced by therapid revolution of the brush tending not only to hasten the drying ofthe hlacking, but to impart a peculiarly soft lustre to the surface ofthe boot or shoe. The whole operation of blacking and polishing, a bootis performed in a very short space of time.

" The use heretofore of machines for blacking boots and shoes has beenrestricted, Owing to their expense, to hotels, stcamboats, etc. As mymachine may be manufactured at a very reasonable cost it becomesavailuhle to families and individuals'. I would remark that a. verticalor horizontal sliding motion may be imparted to the brushes C and D,instead of a rotary one. The latter inode, however, affords the cheapestconstruction, and will be found preferable.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, isf- The combination in a machine, such as described,with one or more rotatingl brushes, ofian adjustable' trough orblacking-receptacle, substantially in the manner and for -the purposesherein shown and se't forth.'

Si W. HUNTINGTON.

Witnesses:

EDWARD GRIFFHB, FREDERICK CURTIS. x

